Arana Collett, a leader in the Maori language revitalization movement, explains the subtlety of the term Maori (literally "ordinary") and its tragic misinterpretation by Europeans upon contact.
Arana Collett, is an adjunct professor of Te Wananga O Aotearoa, the largest Maori Tertiary Education Institution in Aotearoa New Zealand. Arana is a "pakeha" with 100% European bloodlines, who immersed himself in Maori culture and language in the late 1970's. Shortly after becoming a... bio page »
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